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Tacoma Wants Your Team
A group of investors, local entrepreneurs, city leaders, and community activists have partnered to bring the TACOMA CHALLENGE to you. The Challenge is industry agnostic and intended to drive awareness of Tacoma as an outstanding place to grow your product, idea or creation. Here you will find the resources, network, space, and funding that your company needs to flourish. |
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Get to Know Tacoma
Our sister cities to the north may be better known for their tech giants but YOUR company will get noticed here. You will not be caught in the sea of startups but can navigate our network of mentors that will help you grow. Tacoma is a community of 250,000 residents that value education, innovation, and diversity. There is a rich culture in arts with a commitment to our environmental and historic preservation. Learn how to Make It Tacoma. |
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Grace Greene, President of Tote Maritime
Hear how Tote Maritime supports Tacoma and Entrepreneurs to grow their product locally. |
Bill Robertson, President & CEO Multicare
Multicare is active in the community supporting research, clinical trials, and products that improve care. Hear more from CEO Bill Robertson |
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Bill Herling is CEO and Co-Founder of Humming and he wants to disrupt digital advertising. Humming uses the most diverse audience data to get ads in front of the right people at the right time, all across the web. Humming moved from Seattle to Tacoma last year and has seen rapid growth in its size and revenues since. Bill is doing all this locally with his team in downtown.
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Will Gordon is CoFounder and COO of Latchel. Will founded Latchel to innovate how tenants and landlords can seamlessly connect 24/7 to a maintenance contractor. Will meets regularly with other founders to discuss barriers and successes in scaling a technology company. His company is continuing to expand locally. He is proud to make Tacoma home for himself and his family.
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Laura Malcolm is the Co-Founder & CEO of Give InKind, an innovative, community platform for coordinating support through major life events. Used by thousands of people around the country every day, Give InKind allows users to sign up to help friends and family with their Care Calendar, Wishlist or Crowdfunding. Laura spent 10 years in Product Management before starting Give InKind.
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Shadrach White CEO & Founder of CloudPwr is a serial entrepreneur that is naturally optimistic with a fierce work ethic. He has grown cloudPWR locally and continues to serve his community as a technology mentor and as an Advisory Board Member for UW Tacoma School of Engineering and Technology.
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Nathan Tolbert helps founders create a growth strategy & develop sales channels.
Nate worked in his family's Tacoma business as a youth and in multiple tech startups in the Silicon Valley since 2004. Nate currently spends his time assisting founders with growth strategy, development of sales channels, and all the fundamentals associated with making a company scale.
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Eli MorenoAs a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, Eli is a tireless supporter of Tacoma's ecosystem. He has seen over 500 companies reside in his coworking spaces and is working on multiple projects to bring more companies to Tacoma.
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Kristine GraceAs a longtime Tacoma resident, Kristine is passionate about educational and training programs in tech and biotech in her hometown. With a history in healthcare, she is an investor in many types of innovative medical technologies and technological companies.
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